Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that cuts federal payments to hospitals for uncompensated care. What still remains unclear, however, is how these cuts will impact states that do not expand their Medicaid programs. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires significant cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospital… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Affordable Care Act RSS FeedHPIO Resources on Medicaid Expansion in Ohio
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, MedicaidThe Health Policy Institute of Ohio (HPIO) has recently added to its collection of Medicaid resources a brief focused on projected new employment and new local general sales tax revenues due to Medicaid expansion. Governor Kasich’s budget proposal includes language expanding Medicaid eligibility up to 138% of the federal poverty level, or $32,499 for a… Continue Reading
Ohio Chooses to Expand Medicaid Coverage
Posted in Affordable Care Act, MedicaidOn Monday, February 4th, Governor John Kasich proposed that Ohio will expand Medicaid benefits to individuals earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL) (about $15,800 for an individual and $32,500 for a family of four). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) originally made such an expansion mandatory, but the Supreme Court’s ruling on… Continue Reading
Arkansas Proposes Coverage Definition of Habilitative Services
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care ReformDespite states’ struggles to define coverage of services under the habilitative services category of Essential Health Benefits as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Arkansas recently proposed a coverage definition of habilitative services. Under the ACA, health plans sold inside a state’s Health Insurance Exchange, as well as all individual and small group plans,… Continue Reading
Health Care Reform Pay or Play Penalties for Employers
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care ReformIn this Labor and Employment Alert, Vorys attorneys discuss proposed federal regulations regarding health care reform pay or play penalties that will impact applicable large employers. If you are an employer, read the alert to determine whether/how you will be impacted.
No Enhanced Federal Funds For Partial Medicaid Expansion
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, MedicaidLast week, 11 governors – including those in Ohio, Arizona, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming - submitted a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking whether states that expand Medicaid eligibility to a level less than that included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are eligible to… Continue Reading
Feds Extend Deadline for State Exchanges Again
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care ReformOn Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius extended the deadline to December 14 for states to submit letters of intent to build state-based health insurance exchanges. The original deadline had been today, Friday, November 16. Secretary Sebelius’ letter announcing the extension was in response to a request by the Republican Governors Association for… Continue Reading